S.well they are very well prepared at the diplomatic level and from the point of view of international politics, at the tables for inter-diplomatic mediation, women are the great absentees. To be more precise, as it reports the Unititar, the United Nations Institute of Education and Research, only 3% of peace ratifications are signed by women.
Women icon of war
But, if women are not present to negotiate the truce, in this conflict between Russia and Ukraine, they stand out. Ukrainian or Russian, with Putin or against Putinat the front or refugees, in videos or on social networks, some of them have become icons, for better or for worse, for the whole world.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist against Putin
Heroine of our tragic times, the journalist Marina Ovsyannikova is the woman of the moment. Born in 1978, of a Ukrainian father and Russian mother, the producer of the Russian state TV Channel One, despite knowing the consequences she would face, he has not given up on inviting his people to react. She interrupted the main news to shout about her “Stop the warAnd complete with a sign and urged viewers not to believe the propaganda. She was arrested immediately after the raid. And interrogated for 14 hours, without a lawyer. Nobody knows what could happen to her at the end of the trial.
Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry
Even on the opposite side, there is no shortage of female figures. M.aria Zakharova: pSpokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry and very loyal to the President, is believed to be Putin’s “voice”.
Listed among the 100 most influential women of the world from the BBC, enters the Russian Foreign Ministry: journalist until 2015, she then becomes the first woman to head the Information and Press Department of the ministry.
Women icons of war: Olena Zelenska, the first lady who talks about the war on social networks
It is impossible not to mention the Ukrainian first lady among women, a symbol of the conflict, Olena Zelenska. Architect, activist and author of the sketches that have consecrated her husband Zelensky’s television success, she has started to use her notoriety since the beginning of the war. to tell the Ukrainian war and support the resistance. On Instagram she has over 2 million followers who follow her every day listening to what she has to say. Forbes put her on the list of the most influential women in Ukraine.
Iryna Vereshchuk, the “very tough” Ukrainian vice premier
At the top of the Ukrainian government, another woman: Iryna Vereshchuk. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons since 2021, she has become one of Putin’s staunchest opponents.
After graduating from the Military Institute of the Lviv Polytechnic, she was an officer in the army for five yearsthe. And after graduating from law school, she became mayor of Rava-Rus’ka, the first youngest citizen ever elected in Ukraine.
Elvira Nabiullina, the president of the Russian central bank against the invasion
Second woman to hold this position in the history of the country, Elvira Sachipzadovna Nabiullina is, since 2013, the governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federationa role she achieved after being appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade by Putin in 2007.
Apparently she was against the invasion. Present several times in the Forbes ranking of the most powerful women in the worldwas also named Central Bank Governor of the Year by the magazine in 2015 Euromoney.
Inna Derusova, first woman titled “Hero of Ukraine”
He was on the front line like military doctor when she was killed on February 26th from the bombing of Okhtyrka, in the Sumy region. And for this she received the title of Hero of Ukraine, the first woman in the history of the country.
Always present on the field, with great courage she never spared herself. The son began a military career in his own unit. And the brother is already fighting for Ukraine.
Women icons of war: the “common” faces
And then there are them, ordinary women. People who experience war, feeling their house shake, running away to shelters, taking a bag with the first things that happen to become refugees and refugees.
But their faces, even if as compensation for war wounds it is not much, they will forever remain the symbol of a fundamental historical moment.
I’m there pregnant woman evacuated on a stretcher from the children’s hospital in Mariupol, then died together with the newborn, whose photo went around the world.
The influencer Marianna Podgurskayaalso pregnant, who fortunately gave birth to a girl.
The teacher Olena Kurilo wounded in the bombing in Chuguev, in the Kharkiv region, whose image has become the emblem of the invasion
Alevtina Sherninaa child at the time of the siege of Leningrad and now 91 years old unable to move under the bombs in Kharkiv.
And then again the endless girls: the small portrayed posing with a lollipop and a rifle in her armsAmelia, 6 years old, filmed while singing Let it gosoundtrack by Frozen. And also Polina, 10, killed while fleeing Kyiv with her father.
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